Author: Dom
Afterglow: Sex and Chemistry
From Aeon: Why post-season cuddles and pillow talk count for more than orgasm.
Sex is an accelerant, firing the neurons that release dopamine, oxytocin and other chemicals linked to pair-bonding and LOVE.
Is ‘grassroots’ citizen science a front for big business?
Citizen science is not what it claims to be, argues this essay by Carl E. Koch.
XASDI
XASDI is a framework for simulating autonomous social agents.
A comprehensive guide to IT documentation for the System Administrator
Suggestions for documentation for system administrators. Could use a bit more streamlining but otherwise the principles seem soundm
China’s next stage
Think piece on the next stage of development in China, touching on AI and entrepreneurship.
Mysterious Sound Drives Some to Insanity, Suicide
The Hum is a sound that only a very small segment of the population can hear. But for those that can, it can be torture.
IBM’s automated knowledge base construction
Socrates is a web-scale knowledge extraction engine that exploits a mix of deep learning, semantic web technology and natural language processing to understand information in text and integrate knowledge extracted from various sources.
Site of asteroid impact led to dinosaur extinction
A study by a Japanese university claims that the site of the presumed asteroid impact led to the extinction of dinosaurs. The asteroid supposedly hit an area rich in gypsum which would lead to high levels of soot being ejected into the air. Such sites only account for 13% of the earth’s surface.
Why philosophy is so important in science education
And not just philosophy but also history and other aspects of the liberal arts. The larger challenge is our implicit compartmentalization of the various disciplines, all for the sake of specialization.